In the United States, it is natural to start with New York, such as Broadway.

In European and American countries, drama is not niche, such as North America, the total box office of drama can basically exceed one-tenth of the total box office of movies, don't look at this proportion is small, you must know that the North American box office has entered the era of 10 billion US dollars since a few years later, and at that time, the theater box office still maintained this level.

In the United Kingdom, the proportion is even higher, like the two years before Ning Yuan's rebirth, the total box office of British movies was 1.23 billion, and the theater box office could exceed 700 million, more than half, which is indeed worthy of Shakespeare's hometown.

But in China, when the annual movie box office is 60 billion, counting dramas, musicals, operas, etc., it is just over 2 billion, one in the thirties.

As the hometown of Tang Xianzu, a contemporary of Shakespeare, Chinese opera basically has middle-aged and elderly audiences, and the audiences of each genre are basically concentrated in that province.

However, a miraculous phenomenon is that Shakespeare and Tang Xianzu, although they were born 16 years apart, both died in 1616.

Three 16s, make up one 666.

Of course, although Chinese opera continued to decline, Western dramas and musicals began to flourish and were sought after by young people, and even when the trend of classical culture was rising, opera was reborn.

But it doesn't matter if it's good or bad, it's just a kind of entertainment, and there is no need to look down on the lower rib in the spring and white snow.

In addition, there is a place in China that is the envy of the foreign theater industry, that is, the audience is younger - after all, foreign dramas are mainly dramas and musicals, and foreign dramas, in fact, should be connected to Chinese operas, which are basically elderly, and most of them are white.

If you want to worry, it should be them, after all, this involves inheritance, when these elderly audiences don't move, who else can their dramas and musicals be shown to?

And now, in the protection of cultural heritage and the promotion of traditional culture, many young people have begun to like Chinese opera again, and a large number of Chinese singers including Jay Chou and Wang Lihong have adapted opera, which is more suitable for young people to accept, and also makes them interested in opera, and then contact and understand.

In this way, the inheritance has a new look of new sprouts from old trees.

Not only that, but in foreign countries, musicals are more marketable than dramas, and the United Kingdom is better, with a ratio of dramas to musicals of about 4:6, while in the United States, it is almost 1:9.

However, in Russia and Germany, because of cultural heritage and government support, drama is more prosperous than musicals.

It is also easy to understand that whether it is Britain, Germany or Russia, they all have a long history and cultural heritage that can support the creation of dramas, and the United States ...... In just over 200 years, some are only the expansion of blood and tears, and it can't be exported to a drama of blood and tears of the Indians, which is definitely a tear-jerking tragedy, but it seems to be ...... The Americans can't bring it in.

The United States is more prevalent in music, especially pop music, leading the world trend, and with these accumulations, it can give musicals a breeding ground for creation.

Coupled with the economy and climate of a hundred years ago, people liked this kind of lively and jubilant scene, and musicals took root in them, and the Broadway-based musical theater show was born, which continues to this day.

This is also the reason why Ning Yuan does not have much confidence here, not only the problem of communication, but also the factor of the market.

But on the plane, Jiang Youyou heard Ning Yuan's words, shook his head and said:

"Drama is originally a form of entertainment in the past, not only in China, even in Europe and the United States is not the mainstream, under the consumption of TV dramas and movies, the audience is getting smaller and smaller, but this less is still relative, compared to the huge population base, as long as you act well and maintain the level of Xiangjiang, you can still be full for 20 consecutive performances. ”

After speaking, she smiled at Ning Yuan: "I don't believe we can make a bet." ”

But then her face suddenly changed: "You liar, the bet you made with me before has not been fulfilled for me until now." ”

Ning Yuan also remembered this incident, it was the last time he finished filming "Zhou Yu's Train", he made a bet on the way back, and when he lost and invited the other party to dinner, he couldn't help laughing:

"Then go to the United States, please. ”

"That's what you said, I want to eat an authentic Chinese dinner. Jiang Youyou turned his anger into joy.

Ning Yuan was stunned: "You find fault, go to the United States to have a Chinese dinner, why don't you go to the seafood stall to buy garlic, see if the boss doesn't kick you out." ”

"Do you want to regret what you said?" Jiang Youyou pouted.

"But I didn't talk about eating Chinese dinner in the United States?" Ning Yuan was speechless.

"You invite me to dinner, I can't even order food?" Jiang Youyou looked innocent.

Ning Yuan: "......"

The truth seems to be right, but he always feels that something is wrong, and even with his IQ, he didn't react for a while.

And this scene also made Jiang Zhiqiang and Meng Hui next to them laugh.

"Hahahaha......"

Broadway is not a theater, but a gathering area of American theater culture, such as Broadway Avenue, which is dozens of kilometers long, with various theaters, movie theaters and commercial plazas, covering culture, commerce, tourism and life.

In the heart of the neighborhood around Times Square on 42nd Street alone, there are dozens of theaters, not to mention elsewhere.

"Our first stop this time was in the heart of Broadway, the Broadway Theater. ”

Jiang Zhiqiang said, introducing the situation of the theater to Ning Yuan.

Because the United States is not like Xiangjiang, when it comes to foreign countries, now Ningyuan's Yuanda company is still beyond its reach, but the Huaxia Theater has cooperated with some theaters in the United States over the years, but it is more of a public-to-public nature.

And this time, it's all about business.

Business, naturally, Jiang Zhiqiang is more proficient.

It's not that Ning Yuan didn't understand it in advance, but the time schedule is very tight, and he will fly to the United States immediately after the end of this side, so Jiang Zhiqiang can only introduce it on the plane, but when he arrives at the place, he will have to rehearse, and there will be no problem before the official performance.

Another reason for the tight time is that Liu Ye will officially join the group at the end of November and participate in the filming of "Brokeback Mountain".

The time for performing in the United States is about a month.

For a general tour, this time is not too long, but this time it is mainly a test of the waters, if the effect is good, the word of mouth rises, it is not impossible to increase the time, but it will definitely not be this year, unless...... Change the pilot Yang Sun's B role actor on.

In the whole drama, except for Ning Yuan, the others have B corners, and the reason why Ning Yuan does not have the role is that he is a gimmick himself - the Best Actress Award, and secondly, he has been picked several times, but he has not been able to find a suitable actor, who can easily move between men and women, not only in figure and posture.

For this, Ning Yuan and the others are still in a wait-and-see attitude, mainly depending on the reaction this time.